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County housing dashboardCompiled from public sources • August 2026

Wasatch County’s housing program and its first new General Plan since 2001

This page covers Wasatch County government's housing program, which serves the unincorporated county — Heber Valley, Daniel, Charleston, and the Jordanelle/MIDA resort area. It is legally separate from Park City Municipal's program, which is tracked on its own page. Both, along with Summit County, share one nonprofit delivery partner: Mountainlands Community Housing Trust. See Park City Municipal’s program.

Legally separate programs

County housing programs run their own budgets, boards, and deed-restriction inventories, separate from Park City Municipal’s.

Goal

A new General Plan aimed below 80% AMI — with no published unit target

Wasatch County adopted its first comprehensive General Plan revision since 2001, per the county's adoption notice on wasatchcounty.gov.

Verified

General Plan adopted

July 2026

The first comprehensive revision since 2001.

Housing element goal

More homes affordable below 80% AMI

Locally, 80% AMI is about $109,000 for a family of four.

Needs confirmation

Numeric unit target

Not published

No numeric unit target has been published. The county's standalone Moderate Income Housing Plan document is not posted publicly (the direct link 404s). To confirm, contact Wasatch County Planning at 435-657-3205.

Who runs it

An independent housing authority alongside county land-use bodies

The Wasatch County Housing Authority operates as its own instrumentality, while entitlements and fee policy stay with the Planning Commission and County Council.

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Wasatch County Housing Authority (WCHA)

An independent instrumentality with a 7-member board representing Heber City, Midway, county at-large seats, and housing nonprofits. Runs down-payment assistance loans and rental referrals.

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Wasatch County Planning Commission

Reviews land-use applications and recommends action on housing entitlements.

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Wasatch County Council

Holds final authority on entitlements, fee policy, and funding.

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Mountainlands Community Housing Trust

Nonprofit delivery and deed-restriction compliance partner shared with Summit County and Park City Municipal.

Tools

Impact fees do most of the work

Wasatch County leans on fee deferrals, fee-in-lieu payments, and land contributions rather than a mandate — so affordability outcomes vary project by project.

Dominant tool

Impact fee deferrals and waivers

Multi-year deferrals at roughly 4% interest.

In use

Fee-in-lieu payments

Negotiated deal by deal.

In use

Private land donations

In use

Direct WCHA capital contributions

In use

Deed restrictions via Mountainlands

Compliance administered by the shared nonprofit partner.

Exploring

Park City-style ground leases on county / school-district land

In use

LIHTC

Federal tax-credit financing on qualifying deals.

Proposed (May 2026)

Doubling impact fees for unincorporated areas

Under consideration; not adopted.

There is no adopted countywide inclusionary mandate. Affordability is negotiated case by case, which is why outcomes vary sharply between projects.

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Project pipeline

What is proposed, approved, and already built

Unit counts are approximate and drawn from local news coverage of official actions.

Celebration Workforce Housing

1200 S & 350 E, Heber City (next to Wasatch High School)

230 apartments + 89-room hotel

Phase 1 is roughly 140 apartments; 50 units earmarked for school-district staff. Groundbreaking targeted around spring 2027. AMI mix approximately 50% market, 40% at 60–65% AMI, 10% at 40% AMI.

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Parkview Place

Southfield Road, Heber City

49 lots

Mountainlands sweat-equity model serving households below 80% AMI; 6 homes complete as of August 2026.

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Jordanelle Ridge

Heber City

0 on-site (was 200)

Originally 200 on-site units; renegotiated in July 2025 to a $7M fee-in-lieu, with the AMI target loosened from 80% to 120%.

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MIDA Jordanelle — Pioche Condos

North of the Deer Valley Jordanelle gondola

42

Approved June 2024.

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MIDA Jordanelle — Marina West

East side of US-40 at Jordanelle Reservoir

Up to 600 planned

Developer: Extell. Planned, not approved.

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Habitat for Humanity partnership

Heber Valley

Not stated

Proposed partnership discussed February 2026; no adopted agreement located.

Needs confirmation

Regional pressure

Heber Valley is the release valve for priced-out Summit County workers

In 2023, 278 people moved from Wasatch County into Summit County while 433 moved the other way — a net gain of 155 people from Summit County alone. Wasatch/Heber Valley functions as the region's release valve for priced-out Summit County workers. Source: Lightcast Q2 2026, Summit County report.

Migration between the counties (2023)

Verified
  • Wasatch → Summit
    278
  • Summit → Wasatch
    433

Net gain of 155 people from Summit County alone.

Migration flows between Wasatch and Summit counties
DirectionPeople
Wasatch → Summit278
Summit → Wasatch433
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Jobs (2025)

14,292

Total county employment.

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Population

38,879

Countywide residents.

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Labor force

21,322

Residents working or seeking work.

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Gross regional product

$2.36B

Total county economic output.

Methodology & sources

How each figure on this page is classified

Every number carries its confidence so a resident or decision-maker can tell what is official, what is reported, and what is still open.

Verified

Verified — stated in an official government document, adopted plan, or published agency report.

Derived

Derived — drawn from local news coverage of official actions. Unit counts are approximate and may change as projects move through review.

Needs confirmation

Needs confirmation — not yet corroborated by an official published document.

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